| Friday 15 April 2022 | 17:00 |
| Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) | Parsifal |
| Hungarian State Opera | ||
| Balázs Kocsár | Conductor | |
| András Almási-Toth | Director | |
| Sebastian Hannak | Set Designer | |
| Lili Izsák | Costume Designer | |
| Tamás Pillinger | Lighting Designer | |
| Hungarian State Opera Orchestra | ||
| Hungarian State Opera Chorus | ||
| Enikő Perczel | Dramaturgy | |
| Mihály Kálmándy | Baritone | Amfortas |
| Károly Szemerédy | Baritone | Klingsor |
| Andrea Szántó | Mezzo-soprano | Kundry |
| István Kovácsházi | Tenor | Parsifal |
| András Palerdi | Bass | Gurnemanz |
| József Mukk | Tenor | First knight of the Grail |
| István Rácz | Bass | Titurel |
| Judit Németh | Mezzo-soprano | A voice from on high |
| András Káldi Kiss | Bass | Second knight of the Grail |
| Lilla Horti | Soprano | First Flowermaiden / First Group |
| Ildikó Megyimórecz | Mezzo-soprano | Second Flowermaiden / First Group |
| Lusine Sahakyan | Mezzo-soprano | Third Flowermaiden / First Group |
| Beatrix Fodor | Soprano | First Flowermaiden / Second Group |
| Boglárka Brindás | Soprano | Second Flowermaiden / Second Group |
| Melinda Heiter | Mezzo-soprano | Third Flowermaiden / Second Group |
| Dóra Barta | Choreography | |
| Gábor Csiki | Choirmaster / chorus director |
A young man ignorant of everything, including his own name, arrives at the Kingdom of the Holy Grail. Is he the ‘pure fool, enlightened by compassion’, who, it has been prophesied, will purify the kingdom?
In his final music drama Parsifal, Wagner fashions the fear of the temptations and sinful desires into a tale of redemption. The score contrasts the sacred with the sensual, from the stark magnificence of the music for the procession to the Grail Hall in Act I to the richly orchestrated scene in which Kundry attempts to seduce Parsifal in Act II. There are sections of almost unearthly beauty such as the Act I Prologue and the closing scene of the opera, in which Parsifal reveals the Grail to the knights. OperaVision viewers discover András Almási-Tóth’s new production conducted by Balázs Kocsá live at its premiere on Good Friday at Hungarian State Opera. Known as the Ybl Palace after its architect, Miklós Ybl, this magnificent building reopened in March 2022 after over five years of restoration.
